Angel Carrasco
Angel Carrasco, 34, died on March 14, 2025, at Wasco State Prison in Kern County, California, after other people held there attacked him. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, staff responded with chemical agents and non-lethal weapons and took him to an outside medical facility, where a physician pronounced him dead. The department is investigating the death as a homicide, and the Kern County Coroner will determine the official cause of death. Staff's account of the response has not been independently verified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody
Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
News reports (3)
- Wasco State Prison Officials Investigating Death of an Incarcerated Person as Homicide - California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
- Inmate death at Wasco State Prison investigated as homicide following alleged attack
- Tulare County man attacked to death by other inmates at Wasco State Prison, officials say